Proposed cow farm will be next to houses - FAA

Ivan Vella

Aug 27th 2008, 21:03

Someone enilghten me, please: is this ODZ?

J Farrugia

Aug 27th 2008, 08:49

Joe abela you have no right to have a farmhouse in a rural area with swimming pool, etc. just for your egositic pleasure. An animal farm near such a farmhouse is worth millions and your farmhouse will be blessed with the fresh air that emanates from an animal farm. wish you all the luck of the world, since you can afford to find such peaceful seclusion, with the moos, and the qujz and the hee-hee-hee, and the goats bleating, and the cocks quqqu quqqu. You're in paradise.

v.deguara

Aug 27th 2008, 07:18

@ joseph caruana
Good point, Joseph. Farms are to be found in "rural areas" and whoever moved to Maghtab with all those farms around knew where he was going to. Or was land bought cheap because of the presence of farms??

JOSEPH CAUCHI

Aug 26th 2008, 23:46

What's next?

The Maghtab residents have had it for quite some time now!

When are the authorities going to take a stand and consider that in Maghtab there are people living also.

Thank you Astrid for taking this stand, all the people of Maghtab appreciate your difficult mission in combatting these injustices.

Why is it that in Malta, animals have more rights than humans?

What happened to the proposal of centralizing these cowfarms in a specified area, far from residential abodes, in the vicinity of Dar tal-Providenza in Siggiewi?

Aren't the authorities realizing the fact that some of these permits are a pretext for a future "change of use"?

Astrid, keep up the good work and the people of Maghtab thank you from the bottom of their heart.

isabella peresso fiorentino

Aug 26th 2008, 23:00

@ Joe Abela, It's not a matter of who comes first, whether it's people or animals. We could do away with these animal farms both for the environment and mostly the animals.

With this proposed farm, there will be more animals for slaughter just to satisfy human consumption.

alfred miller

Aug 26th 2008, 22:45

Yes for some refreshing air breathing in the early morning hours! I am jealous for their eau de cow perfumes!

Joseph Caruana

Aug 26th 2008, 19:00

Were the villas built legally?

"...which seeks to preserve rural character and landscape..."
-Why wasn't this stated when the villas were built, aren't animals/farms part of rural character?

Do some people don't know what rural means?

"Rural: Pertaining to the area outside larger and moderate-sized cities and surrounding population concentrations, generally characterized by [farms], [ranches], small towns, and unpopulated regions."- taken from a real estate dictionary.

Lets talk serious and not whatever MEPA does is seen bad.

J. Schembri

Aug 26th 2008, 17:57

Where do people expect to have a farm ,in Sliema or in Maghatab?

Joe Abela

Aug 26th 2008, 17:50

If I were the owner of the farmhouse with pool, visible at the left end of the photo, I would be beside myself with anger at MEPA for giving permits for pig and cow farms next to where I live, even though this is an area for farms. How dare MEPA give this type of permit and ruin one's investment? Astrd Vella is right to protest. You have a farmhouse with pool over there in peace and solitude and then these pigs and cows come with all the dung smell. MEPA should change the designation of this area from farmhouses to residential houses now that there are people living there. People first, not cows and pigs even if there were farms before the people came! Keep it up, Astrid!

Mark Galea

Aug 26th 2008, 17:22

Wow! The blogging below reflects some really intelligent readers! I'm impressed!

l borg

Aug 26th 2008, 16:56

WHERE EVER YOU PUT A FARM YOU WILL FIND RESIDENT HOUSES SINCE MALTA IS SMALL
HOWEVER IF YOU BUY A COUNTRY PROPERTY YOU KNOW THE RISKS AND IF A FARM IS BUILD IT IS HARD LUCK

joe zammit

Aug 26th 2008, 16:50

par idejn sodi li fliemkien kollox possibli u il-barri qbadnih minn qrunu

Maria Dolores Fenech

Aug 26th 2008, 15:43

Cows, Pigs.... Issa drajniha, l-Mepa qeghda ghal min irid jitHANZER.